woensdag 4 maart 2015

Today I enjoyed visiting the exhibition of romantic fashion at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. The exhibition shows romantic fashion from the end of the 18th century until the beginning of the 20th century, as well as fashion by contemporary fashion designers who were inspired by the fashion from this period. Also on display were some garments worn in the t.v. series Pride and Prejudice and Downton Abbey. Being a great fan of both series, I really enjoyed seeing those too.

zondag 8 februari 2015

'In de nijvere conste' is a beautiful little needlework shop, located in the Hamburgerstraat in Utrecht. This is where (several years ago) I bought the linen to make the cross-stitched Christmas presents out of that I finally finished last December. Unfortunately this unique shop will be closing after February. The lady who owns the shop is 88 years old, so in a way this comes as no surprise, but the shop will be greatly missed by many needlework lovers, I'm sure. If you enter this shop, it's like you enter a world from a different age. You won't find anything like a PC or laptop here, just beautiful needlework projects displayed everywhere.This month 'In de nijvere conste' will be open on Saturdays only, from 11 a.m. till 4.30 p.m., and as of March 2015 the shop will be closed.I went there yesterday, and after much deliberation I bought some kits (2 large ones and 2 small ones) and two types of linen for some future projects.

And here you see the progress on my current cross-stitch project. This was what it looked like last week,

zondag 1 februari 2015

As you can see, my knitted cardigan is very nearly finished.It only needs to have a zipper put in, but I have been procrastinating...

Instead of putting in the zipper in my cardigan, I have been knitting on a new sweater.

And of course I have been cross-stitching! I am now working on a present for my eldest daughter's 18th birthday. And since Jessica is already 18 years and 2 months old now, I'd better start making some progress. Here you see what it looked like last week, and what it looks like now. It's a fun project, I really enjoy it.

woensdag 21 januari 2015

This cross stitch project is from a kit by Lanarte (it's 'Squirrel' by designer Marjolein Bastin). The kit was a present from my friend Carolien, who bought it a while ago in a craft shop in Barneveld. I stitched this project up in a little over a week, and framed it in a frame that I bought at HEMA. I love cross stitching and squirrels, so I intend to stitch some more squirrels later this year. But first I'll work on some other projects, I'll show pictures of that soon.